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Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Teaching has decided to lead a change in the religious education curricula. The considered amendments will concentrate more on moral values in general. The decision created controversial reactions, especially for Azhar scholars. However, the muftī of Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2010
This article outlines a number of different discriminatory statements and issues brought up against Copts in Egypt. Firstly are the statements made by Mohamed Abbas who recently said that Copts are coddled by the Egyptian government and are treated better than Muslims when both are in prison. He...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2010
This article outlines the difficulties faced by two brothers raised as Christians, but with a Muslim father. The boys’ mother helps them with a lawsuit to keep their religion, but it seems they will be forced to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Youssef Sidhom discuses an example of religious discrimination through the prism of student and staff numbers at Assiut University, where even though 28 percent of the student population is Christian, only 0.75 percent of the teaching staff is Christian. This, according to Sidhom, stems from a...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Khalīl continues highlighting a piece of research entitled “Education and Citizenship” which was presented at the second Conference for Egyptians Against Discrimination.
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2010
Majdī Khalīl seeks to shed light on the danger represented by some of the educational curricula taught in the Azhar schools, and how it influences the students' minds in a negative way.
Date of source: Friday, March 12, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Muhammad Abū al-Ghār, Head of March 9th Movement, concerning the reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, March 5, 2010
Dr. al-Birrī is an Azhar scholar who believes that ‘Abd al-Nāsir’s regime was behind sectarianism in Egypt, and that the sectarian problems are a result of ignorance that dominate Muslims and Christians of Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, January 2, 2010
Sawt al-Ummah interviews Shaykh ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Bāqī, Secretary General of the Islamic Research Center.
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Khalīl highlights a valuable piece of research presented at the second conference of “Egyptians against Discrimination” , entitled the name ‘Education and Citizenship’.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.